Chapter 16: The Powder of Black Thorns
The fortress of Phalanlon, located on the border between the human kingdom of Calis and the elven kingdom of Aureli. The entire border is blocked by a long, towering wall of black thorns.
The wall of black thorns was about 100 meters high and hundreds of miles long, tightly wrapping the most vulnerable parts of the northern part of the two kingdoms. The walls are densely covered with thick and sharp thorns, even if they are shadows and evil spirits without flesh and blood, they will be scattered when they touch the black thorns.
As the last barrier to the center of the continent, the Wall of Black Thorns has stood for nearly three hundred years, during which it has experienced several battles between foreign races and monster invasions, and the Wall of Black Thorns has undergone many tests, and has successfully blocked the ambition of foreign forces to try to contaminate this pure land several times.
The Wall of Black Thorns is like a great wall of steel, firmly guarding this prosperous and civilized land for three hundred years, allowing tens of thousands of creatures to thrive here. It's just that such a peaceful and peaceful day will not make the people living here relax their vigilance, because everyone knows very well that there are still many unknown and powerful things coveting this wonderful world outside the thorn wall.
As a result, this massive fortress is guarded by the best soldiers of both the human and elven races. Receiving the blessings of the gods and the responsibility of the kingdom, they stood firm on the towering wall of thorns at all times, not daring to slack off for a moment, closely watching every move from the Shadowlands.
Wen Xin's destination this time is the Shadow Land outside the Wall of Thorns, which is full of evil and danger, and at the same time makes it a dangerous place for some players to embark on a glorious path in the future.
In this life, Wen Xin Nirvana was reborn and was destined to embark on an unusual path. She will not follow the old path again, and creating brilliance is the biggest goal in this life.
Therefore, Wen Xin is at the forefront of everyone this time, and she is willing to gamble again for the future, of course, she will not be as reckless as in the previous life.
Wen Xin under the appearance of a weak woman, at this time, her heart is already a mature man who has experienced too much.
The Netherlands is a treacherous area, the dangers inside are unknown, and the strength of the monsters is uncertain. It's different from ordinary leveling places, and the level and quality of monsters here are not divided according to region. Rather, this is another world, a world of opposites, a place of darkness and terror, of disease and killing, of the jungle. It's all about it when you're in it.
The Netherlands is currently one of the most treacherous areas to reach, with direct teleportation points between the human city of Farr and the elven city of Yara, and of course the teleportation price is very high, requiring a fee of 5 silver coins. In the early stage, few players have 5 silver in storage, and even if they do, it is impossible to spend such a large amount of money to go to a place that is not worth going to at all.
As we all know, the treacherous areas are extremely dangerous, but the rewards are extremely rich. When players have enough ability, they will choose to enter the treacherous area to accept a higher level of challenge, in fact, the main thing is to go for the rich rewards.
There is no limit to the number of people who can enter the treacherous area, so it doesn't matter if you're traveling in a group or alone. Generally speaking, players will choose the former for the sake of safety, but Wen Xin chose to take risks alone this time, which is purely self-sufficient in the eyes of outsiders.
In fact, Wen Xin also knew that with his current strength, a person who entered the Land of Shadows alone was simply a life of death. But anything is possible. If you have the key to open the door to this treacherous place, it's not impossible.
And what Wen Xin has to do at this moment is to find this key.
When Wen Xin walked out of the teleportation point of the Fallen Fortress, he was greeted by a pair of heavily armed garrison patrols.
Wen Xin's gaze couldn't help but fall on the equipment on these garrison soldiers. I saw a faint cloudy light on their armor and weapons. It's hard for the average person to see the difference.
Powder of Black Thorns. That's right, the patrolmen's equipment is coated in Black Thorn Powder.
The powder of black thorns is the pollen of black thorns. Black thorns bloom once every 50 years, and the flowers are black-red and particularly gorgeous. Unfortunately, it will wither after a few hours, like a flash in the pan.
And if you want to collect black thorn pollen, you must rush before the flowers wither, which is very difficult to collect. Therefore, the amount of black thorn pollen is extremely rare, and at the same time, it is extremely precious.
The Powder of the Black Thorns is the best weapon against the monsters of the Shadowlands. Especially against the evil spirits in the form of souls, it has a strong lethal power. Therefore, applying the powder of black thorns to weapons and equipment will not only inflict great damage on these terrifying monsters, but also resist the damage they cause.
This powder of the Black Thorn is the key that opens the gates of the Dark Lands.
Since the player cannot harvest Black Thorn Powder, it cannot be mass-produced like other materials. The only way to get this is to buy it from the grocer in the Phalanren Fortress.
However, grocers only sell ten bottles of Black Thorn Powder a day. So in the last life, players were hard to find the powder of Black Thorns.
Some players see this business opportunity and go to the grocer to squat, as soon as the Black Thorn Powder is refreshed, they will scramble to buy it, and then rebuy it at a high price, so that they can make a small profit.
A bottle of Black Thorn Powder can be purchased from a grocer for one silver coin, and the resale price is usually raised by a factor of ten.
Even so, the major guilds will still have disputes over a bottle of Black Thorn Powder. In the previous life, the opposition between God's cry and God's faith was because of a bottle of black thorn powder.
After all, the allure in the treacherous zone is just too great.
For a long time, the price of Black Thorn Powder remained high, and it was not until the middle of the game that it calmed down.
In this life, this black thorn powder will definitely be strongly sought after by players, and the situation that it is difficult to find a powder will reappear.
In this case, Wen Xin will certainly not miss this good opportunity to attract money. Take advantage of this time to try to get as much black thorn powder as possible. Even if it is a month's supply, 300 bottles of black thorn powder can make a lot of money.
Wen Xin spent 10 silver at the grocer to buy all 10 bottles of Black Thorn Powder. The next thing to do is to wait until this time tomorrow to refresh.
Taking out a bottle of Black Thorn Powder, Wen Xin carefully sprinkled it on the weapon. Soon, the powder of the black thorns had an effect, and Wen Xin's whole body was immediately covered with a layer of turbidity.
The effects of the Black Thorn Powder only last for a short period of four hours. And you can only buy 10 bottles a day. It's just too little.
Scarcity is expensive. Not a minute can be delayed.
"Every soldier in the Black Thorn Legion is the elite of the Imperial Alliance, and each one is a hard one. Warriors from another time and space, what are you doing? A garrison commander who guarded the teleportation array to the Shadowlands said.
"I'm going to the Shadowlands!" Wen Xin replied.
The garrison commander looked at Wen Xin with disdain and said, "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, there are many terrifying monsters in the Shadow Land that you have never seen before, and with your current strength, you are simply going to die in vain." You really don't even want your life? ”
"Please send me there!" Wen Xin walked to the center of the teleportation array.
"Okay. As you wish! The garrison commander sighed, with an expression of Wen Xin's end-off, and then activated the teleportation array.